ESPN\u2019s top NFL play-by-play broadcaster\u00a0Joe Buck said his now-wife, Michelle Beisner-Buck, thought he was \u201csmug a\u2013hole\u201d before their first date.<\/p>\n
During an appearance on \u201cThe Pivot\u201d podcast<\/a> Tuesday, Buck explained that his friend, fellow ESPN broadcaster Rich Eisen, introduced him to Beisner, who is a features reporter at the worldwide leader<\/a>, and she was reluctant to go out with him.<\/p>\n \u201cShe saw me on a national car rental commercial and thought I looked like a smug a\u2013hole,\u201d Buck, 56, said, adding that he thought the same. \u201cWhen I saw her, she was working for the NFL Network at the time and was standing against the wall. I was walking out of Mile High Stadium, and I saw her and I was like, \u2018I think I\u2019m gonna stalk that person,\u2019 and I did.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Eisen played \u201cmatchmaker,\u201d Buck explained that things got off to a rocky start with Beisner. <\/p>\n \u201cPlease don\u2019t tell me it\u2019s Joe Buck [who wants my number],\u201d Beisner said when Eisen tried to set them up, noting that she saw him in the car commercial.<\/p>\n Joe Buck and Michelle Beisner on the red carpet at the 2022 ESPY Awards. USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n They ended up meeting for a first dinner date in St. Louis, where she was covering a Rams game and he was working at the time. <\/p>\n \u201cShe insisted that she ride separately to dinner in case I was either a psycho or awful, and she had a way out,\u201d Buck said. \u201cAnd she was like, \u2018I\u2019ll just meet you there,\u2019 and I said, \u2018No, I\u2019m gonna pick you up.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cI swear to God I knew before the appetizers were put down that I was going to marry her\u2026 She just was different, and it was the greatest decision I have made as an adult.\u201d<\/p>\n ESPN top NFL play-by-play broadcaster Joe Buck shares a story of how he met his wife, fellow ESPNer Michelle Beisner-Buck during an appearance on \u2018The Pivot Podcast\u2019 on October 14, 2025. YouTube\/The Pivot<\/p>\n Buck joked that he proposed in his play-by-play voice.<\/p>\n \u201cTo cut to the end of the story, we\u2019ve now got 7-year-olds,\u201d Buck said of the couple\u2019s twin sons, Wyatt and Blake. \u201cI wore her down, and I just couldn\u2019t give up.\u201d<\/p>\n Beisner reshared a clip of the moment in an Instagram post, where Eisen commented, \u201cCan confirm.\u201d<\/p>\n Joe Buck (L) and wife Michelle Beisner attend the FOX, 20th Century FOX Television, FX Networks and National Geographic Channel\u2019s 2014 Emmy Award Nominee Celebration at Vibiana on August 25, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. Getty Images for FOX<\/p>\n Buck explained that Beisner \u201ckind of reopened my eyes to getting married after being married for 19 years the first time around,\u201d adding, \u201cit\u2019s probably the last thing I thought I was going to do again and the first thing I\u2019m glad I did do again.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Buck and Beisner dated for a year before they got married in 2014. They welcomed their twin sons in 2018.<\/p>\n Buck has two daughters, Trudy and Natalie Buck, from his previous marriage to Ann Archambault Buck. 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